Variations on the concentration of 222Rn in the subsurface of the volcanic island of Tenerife, Canary Islands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2002, Pages

  Eff Darwich, A ^a   Martin Luis C ^a   Quesada, M ^a   de la Nuez, J ^a   Coello, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIFFUSION; SEISMOLOGY; RADON;

MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; PRECURSORY SIGNALS; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON EXHALATION; SUBSURFACE MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; VOLCANOES;

RADON; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 0037113636     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015387     Document Type: Article

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